ver since Young America’s Foundation saved Ronald Reagan’s Presidential home, the Reagan Ranch, I
am asked, “What would Reagan say?” about an issue of the day.
The safest answer is to quote Ronald Reagan on point or note the factors and approaches Reagan
was known to look at when he addressed an issue. However, I usually reverse the question and ask what he
or she thinks the President would say.
The current controversy, of course, centers around the Obama Administration leading the IRS and HHS
to take over all Americans’ health-related decisions. There is little doubt about what Ronald Reagan would
say to that. We can “go to the tapes!”
Reagan spoke plainly and with deep concern
in his voice:
One of the traditional methods for imposing
statism or socialism on a people has been by
way of medicine. It’s very easy to disguise a
medical program as a humanitarian project.
Most people are a little reluctant to oppose
anything that suggests medical care for people
who possibly can’t afford it.
But, Reagan went on to make clear that you cannot have government intervention in this profession
without great loss to the doctor and the patients.
What can we do about this? Well, you and I can do a great deal. We can say right now that we want no
further encroachment on these individual liberties and freedoms. And at the moment, the key issue is, we do
not want socialized medicine.

Reagan urged action, including writing House and Senate members, and talking to your friends as well.
If you don’t [there will be] federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have known it in
this country...[then] one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and
our children’s children, what it once was like in America when men were free.

I suspect Ronald Reagan would sound a lot like the speakers we feature in this issue of Libertas: Dr. Ben
Carson, Senator Mike Lee, and Senator Ted Cruz. Reagan might even suggest they are understating the threats
to our freedoms posed by Obamacare.
Reagan would certainly call us to action: not wait, not make feeble attempts to rewrite the law, not
acquiescence.

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Students

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Cut Celebration at the
Reagan Ranch
On August 13, 1981, Ronald Reagan signed into law
the largest tax cut in American history. Reagan chose to sign
the Economic Recovery Tax Act, legislation which launched
the Reagan Revolution, at his beloved Rancho del Cielo.
To commemorate this significant event, Young America’s
Foundation supporters, friends, and students gather each year
at the Reagan Ranch to celebrate and remember the importance
of Reagan’s commitment to reducing the size of government.
In 2013, we were honored to have leaders in the fight against
the recent IRS targeting scandal join us at the Ranch to discuss
the importance of preserving our freedoms.
Jordan Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice; Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin discusses the need to
amend the Constitution to change our current tax code.
Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea-Party Patriots;
and Kevin Kookogey, founder of Linchpins for Liberty, each
shared their personal testimonies. Their stories encouraged those in attendance to stand up against the wrongful targeting of
Americans and the encroachment of government on our liberty.
“This [IRS scandal] is outrageous,” said Sekulow, whose organization is currently suing the IRS on behalf of 41 clients. “It
would be just as outrageous if they had only targeted liberal groups. The targeting is abhorrent, unconstitutional, and illegal.”
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cut celebration also
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Cielo, and fellowship
with like-minded
friends. Attendees
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country to ensure that
future generations
will remain free.

Speakers at the Foundation’s celebration of President Reagan’s 1981 tax cuts—the largest in our nation’s history—include (from
left) American Center for Law and Justice executive director Jordan Sekulow, Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin, and
Linchpins for Liberty founder Kevin Kookogey.

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Capitol Hill Interns
Interns from Capitol Hill and across the Conservative
Movement gathered for Young America’s Foundation’s
panel, “Can Reagan’s Principles Be Applied in the Obama
Era?”
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher makes a surprise appearance and addresses the young
Foundation Vice President Ron Pearson helped organize
people attending Young America’s Foundation’s Capitol Hill panel.
the event, which drew a large, standing-room-only crowd.
Since 2005, Young America’s Foundation has hosted this
annual program near the anniversary of President Reagan’s passing.
The panel included remarks from Congressman Ed Royce from California’s 39th district, who was a YAF member during his
college days at California State University at Fullerton.
Congressman Royce was joined by T. Kenneth Cribb, Young America’s Foundation director and an advisor to President
Reagan, and Byron York, chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner and a Fox News contributor.
Reagan Ranch Board of Governors Chairman Frank Donatelli, who served as a senior administration official in the Reagan
White House, moderated the panel and underscored that Ronald Reagan’s vision of limited government is needed now more
than ever.
For the second year in a row, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher surprised interns by making an impromptu address about his
days as a young activist and meeting Reagan, the soon-to-be governor of California, after camping on Reagan’s lawn.

Vice President Ron Pearson (right) speaks with Congressman James Lankford from

Oklahoma.
Hill to introduce more members of Congress to the
Foundation’s mission and programs. More than two dozen
members of the House of Representatives attended the
program, held in the Longworth House Office Building.
Congressmen attending included Raul Labrador from
Idaho, Adam Kinzinger from Illinois, Tom Graves of
Georgia, Patrick McHenry from North Carolina, and James
Lankford of Oklahoma, among others.
Congressman Duffy, who first visited the Reagan Ranch
with his family in 2011, welcomed the attendees and
urged them all to get involved, as he has done, with Young
America’s Foundation.
Foundation President Ron Robinson offered remarks
on the history, mission, and success of Young America’s
Foundation. He detailed the organization’s special role
in preserving the Reagan Ranch and encouraged the
congressmen to visit this historic Presidential property.
(From right) Foundation President Ron Robinson meets with Congressmen
Several members did just that with a visit to the Ranch a few Richard Hudson and Marlin Stutzman.
weeks later.
Other attendees included Reagan Ranch Board of Governors Chairman Frank Donatelli, Vice President Ron Pearson, and
several members of the Foundation’s team.

Congressman Sean Duffy welcomes his fellow members of Congress to the Foundation’s Capitol Hill reception.

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Attorney Cleta Mitchell Discusses the Targeting
of Conservative Groups By the IRS
Cleta Mitchell, one of the lead attorneys representing conservatives who have been targeted by the IRS, gave an insider’s
account of the Obama administration scandal to a group of students and supporters at the Wendy P. McCaw Reagan Ranch
Roundtable luncheon. Special guests included several estate planning attorneys, whose clients support Young America’s
Foundation, and a group of Alliance Defending Freedom allied attorneys.
Mitchell explained that the IRS improperly harassed conservatives and delayed the approval of organizations’ tax exempt
statuses for years. The abuse is ongoing; some conservatives are still waiting for IRS approval.
Mitchell explained, “Ninety-percent of the groups that were put on surveillance were conservative, and from those, some of
them were referred for audit. One-hundred-percent of those referred for audit were conservative groups.”
Part of the scandal that has been underreported is the auditing of conservatives who support conservative causes.
Mitchell asked the audience how many of them had been audited in the past few years. Dozens of attendees raised their hands!
When asked how to prevent future targeting of conservatives, Mitchell identified Young America’s Foundation’s work with
young people as essential. She said, “It should not surprise us that these people think it is okay to mistreat conservatives and think
it is okay to single them out as somehow odd and dangerous, because it starts on the college campus.”
She asked the students in the audience to raise their hands if they had been singled out or harassed because of their
conservative beliefs. Almost all the students raised their hands!
“Young America’s Foundation helps these young people,” Mitchell said, “by telling them that they are not alone.” Mitchell
thanked Young America’s Foundation for giving students the strength, courage, and support they need to speak up and advance
conservative ideas.

16th Gratia Houghton Rinehart National High School Leadership Conference

Congressman Bill Huizenga, a Foundation alumnus, encourages the young
audience to stay true to their convictions.

Huizenga, Pavlich,
Folsom, Wilbur,
and Campos-Duffy
Inspire High School
Students at Annual
Conference
By Katie Taran, Conference Director

Rachel Campos-Duffy discusses the need for conservatives to have a voice in
pop culture.

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ore than 120 attendees from 20 states and
67 high schools gathered in Chevy Chase,
Maryland, for the 16th Gratia Houghton
Rinehart National High School Leadership
Conference. The young participants—many of whom are
members of YAF chapters at their schools—enjoyed three
days of meeting like-minded friends and learning from
leading conservative authors, activists, professors, and public
policy officials.
Before the conference officially began, 46 of the students
traveled with National Journalism Center Executive
Director Kirby Wilbur to Gettysburg where they toured the
historic battlefield just days after the Battle of Gettysburg’s
sesquicentennial.
The opening dinner banquet featured Congressman Bill
Huizenga, who was involved with the Foundation when
he was a student at Calvin College. As a young activist, the
congressman hosted Attorney General Ed Meese on his
campus. Congressman Huizenga stressed the importance
of remaining true to one’s principles. He told the young
audience, “Stand up and do the right thing—whether no one
is watching or if everyone is watching.”
The next day, students broadened their knowledge of
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16th Gratia Houghton Rinehart National High School Leadership Conference

Bestselling author and Foundation alumna Katie Pavlich discusses the
importance of protecting the Second Amendment.

National Journalism Center Executive Director Kirby Wilbur teaches the
young audience about the steadfast faith of our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Founding Fathers.

Longtime conference faculty member Dr. Burt Folsom engages the young audience in a lively discussion about American history and the entrepreneurs who built our nation.
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C-SPAN covers Foundation President Ron Robinson’s speech live.

Students from around the country attend the National High School
Leadership Conference.

Program attendees gather near the U.S. Capitol during Young America’s Foundation’s annual National High School Leadership Conference.

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16th Gratia Houghton Rinehart National High School Leadership Conference

Kayla Jones from Grosse Pointe North High School introduces herself at the
conference’s opening session.

Students Ali Blando from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and John Wood from Upland,
California, recite the Pledge of Allegiance prior to a dinner banquet at the
National High School Leadership Conference.

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Bay Buchanan, 37th treasurer of the United States (under
President Reagan) and president of The American Cause,
instructed the students on the importance of having strong
convictions and honing their leadership skills.
Catherine Rodriguez, director of lectures at the Clare
Boothe Luce Policy Institute, spoke about who really
represents women, and Rachel Campos-Duffy, national
spokesperson for the Libre Initiative and wife of Congressman
Sean Duffy, discussed the need for conservatives to have a
voice in pop culture.
Foundation Vice President Patrick Coyle concluded the
conference with a lively presentation on how to advance
conservative ideas in schools.
The final evening of the conference featured a special
twilight tour of the national monuments in Washington,
D.C. The high school students left inspired by the
conservative ideas they heard and eager to share them with
their peers.
Student Toria Stevens from North Carolina noted,
“This conference helped strengthen my knowledge of [the
importance of] limited government, lower taxes, and a
strong national defense. It also helped me to want to spread
and promote conservatism!”

American history after hearing from author and Hillsdale
professor of history Dr. Burt Folsom, who discussed the
failures of big government in our nation’s past, and Kirby
Wilbur, who addressed the strong faith of the Founding
Fathers.
Additional speakers throughout the day included Fox
News contributor and author Kate Obenshain; bestselling
author and fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute
Chris Horner; and bestselling author and YAF alumna Katie
Pavlich. Students also watched the Foundation’s film, Still
Point in a Turning World: Ronald Reagan and His Ranch.
Later that evening, the young participants enjoyed
remarks from the national co-chair of the Project 21 Black
Leadership Network, Cherylyn LeBon. Lebon discussed the
Obama administration’s many scandals and lack of genuine
leadership.
The next morning, Foundation President Ron Robinson
enlightened the students with his presentation: “What is the
Conservative Movement?” C-SPAN aired Robinson’s speech
live on CSPAN.org.
Students also heard from Dr. Larry Schweikart, professor
of political science at the University of Dayton, on “48
Liberal Lies,” the topic of his bestselling book.

n the wake of the effort to protect Americans from the
harmful effects of Obamacare, conservatives around the
country are wondering where do we go from here.
One of conservatives’ defining virtues is our
insistence on learning from history. In our own
history, conservatives today can not only find hope and
encouragement but also an urgent challenge.
The ideas that defined and propelled the Reagan
Revolution did not come down from a mountain etched
on stone tablets. They were forged in an open, roiling,
diverse debate about how conservatism could truly meet the
challenges of that day. That debate invited all conservatives,
and as we now know, elevated the best.
There was Jack Kemp, advancing supply-side economics to
combat economic stagnancy. There were James Buckley and
Henry Hyde, taking up the cause of the unborn after Roe v.
Wade. There was Milton Friedman, promoting the practical
and moral superiority of free enterprise. There were Cold
Warriors like Irving Kristol and Jeane Kirkpatrick, challenging
the premise of peaceful coexistence and moral equivalence
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Together, that generation of conservatives transformed a
Movement that was anti-statist, anti-communist, and antiestablishment and made it pro-reform.
What that generation did—comprehensively re-expressing
conservative convictions to fit the time—the GOP has not
done since. Instead of emulating those earlier conservatives,
too many of today’s leaders mimic them, still advocating
policies from a bygone age.
The gaping hole in the middle of the GOP today—the one
that separates the grassroots from establishment leaders—is
precisely the size and shape of a new, unifying conservative
reform agenda.
For years, we have tried to bridge that gulf with tactics
and personalities and spin. But it doesn’t work. To revive and
reunify our Movement, we must fill the void with new and
innovative policy ideas.
It’s time for another Great Debate, and we should welcome
all input. Grassroots and establishment, conservatives and
moderates, libertarians and traditionalists, interventionists
and non-interventionists, economic conservatives and social
conservatives, all are part of our Movement, vital to our
success, and should be welcome in this debate.
The great challenge of our generation is America’s growing

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Senator Lee meets with young people
from around the country at the
Foundation’s annual conference
at The George Washington
University. (From left:
Ryder Selmi,
Katherine Sodeika,
Senator Lee,
Crystal Clanton,
and Michael
Marrow.)

Conservatives?
crisis of stagnation and sclerosis—a crisis that comes down to
a shortage of opportunities.
This opportunity crisis presents itself in three principal
ways: immobility among the poor trapped in poverty;
insecurity in the middle class where families just can’t seem
to get ahead; and cronyist privilege at the top where political
and economic elites unfairly profit at everyone else’s expense.
Conservatives should tackle these three crises head on.
First, we need a new, comprehensive anti-poverty, upwardmobility agenda designed not simply to help people in
poverty, but to help and empower them to get out.
Second, we need a new, comprehensive anti-cronyism
agenda, to break up the corrupt nexus of big government, big
business, and big special interests.
The third essential piece of our new agenda should be a
new conservatism of the working and middle class.
Bold ideas unite and inspire conservatives, and the leaders
of Reagan’s generation understood that. We must, too.
Especially in the wake of recent controversies, many
conservatives are more frustrated with the establishment than
ever before. And we have every reason to be. But however
justified, frustration is not a platform. Anger is not an agenda.
Successful movements are about identifying converts, not

heretics. This, too, is part of the challenge before us.
In his 1977 CPAC speech, effectively kicking off that era’s
great conservative debate, Ronald Reagan said,
If we truly believe in our principles, we should sit down
and talk. Talk with anyone, anywhere, at any time....
Conservatism is not a narrow ideology, nor is it the
exclusive property of conservative activists.
Do we have the same spirit of charity and confidence in
our ideas today? If we do not, this moment and opportunity
will pass us by. We will lose, and we will deserve to lose.
And rest assured, in that unfortunate event, it will not be
the indifferent establishment that profits from our failure.
It will be a parade of progressives who will continue to lead
our country, unabated, further away from our hopes and our
values and our ability to do anything about it.
If our generation of conservatives wants to enjoy our own
defining triumph, our own 1980—we are going to have to
deserve it. That means sharpening more pencils than knives.
To deserve victory, conservatives have to do more than pick
a fight. We have to win a debate. And to do that, we need more
than just guts. We need an agenda.
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to date.
With all-star speakers, an inspiring setting,
and more than 400 participants from across the country,
there was no better time to be part of one of the premier
events for college students. Throughout the conference,
Conservative Movement leaders shared inspiring messages
for the young participants to take back to their schools.
Senator Ted Cruz headlined the conference’s annual
Ronald Reagan banquet. The new senator from Texas has
been leading the conservative charge against Obamacare on
Capitol Hill, and he explained to the student audience how
Obamacare was the number one killer of job opportunities in

America. He also had some strong words about the national
debt, stating, “The national debt and level of spending is
fundamentally immoral.”
In addition to Senator Cruz, the young audience enjoyed
hearing from some of the top conservatives on Capitol Hill
including Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Senator
Mike Lee, Congressman Jim Jordan, and Congressman Sean
Duffy.
Speaker Newt Gingrich, who regularly addresses this
annual conference, described liberal policies and their
banner-carrying elites as “prison guards of the past.” He
underscored how the tenets of liberalism inhibit innovation
and stifle progress. He told the conference attendees that
they had a responsibility to be “pioneers of the future” in
order for prosperity to flourish. Speaker Gingrich also had
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some strong words regarding Obamacare, explaining how its
implementation will create a nation of part-time employees.
He urged current lawmakers to have the courage to do
whatever is necessary to repeal the legislation.
Dr. Ben Carson, the renowned neurosurgeon who spoke
out against Obamacare during the National Prayer Breakfast,
also gave a rousing address during the conference’s opening
dinner banquet.
Another highlight of the conference featured a friendly
debate between legendary businessman T. Boone Pickens and
Stephen Moore, senior economics writer for the Wall Street
Journal. The discussion focused on America’s energy future
and the policies that would best usher in an era of American
energy independence. Pickens encouraged the students to
get “acquainted with the oil and gas industry,” noting, “It is
unbelievable what it can do for us.” Pickens also defended
the safety of the fracking process and insisted that natural
gas is the key to putting America on top. Moore echoed this
sentiment with the classic line, “Drill, Baby, Drill.”
The conference attendees also heard from a wide variety of
leading academics and authors including Dr. Robert George
of Princeton University, Dr. Burt Folsom of Hillsdale College,
and Dr. Larry Schweikart of the University of Dayton.
In his address to the students, Senator Rick Santorum
said Obama’s America is one without hope for the future.
He added that the current administration is to blame for
a “trickle-down cynicism.” Highlighting economic policy,
Senator Santorum denounced the targeting of conservatives
by the IRS. Senator Santorum challenged the students to
have the passion and sacrifice to bring America back to its
founding principles.
Rachel Campos-Duffy was among several new speakers at
the summer conference. The wife of Congressman Sean Duffy
showed entertaining clips featuring the two of them on The
Real World and Road Rules on MTV. Not only did she insist
conservative students stand up for their values, she explained
how important it is for young people to promote their ideas
in the popular culture.
National Review Online Editor Jonah Goldberg and
economist Dr. Walter Williams, who are both featured in YAF’s
film, The Conservatives, provided interesting and informative
commentary. Goldberg explained some of the Left’s most
frustrating clichés that conservative students might hear while
defending freedom at their schools and how to combat them.
Williams highlighted some of the institutional barriers to
conservative principles, including racial preferences.
For the tenth year, a delegation from the Young Briton’s
Foundation (YBF) joined their YAF counterparts at this
conference. YBF also helped secure conference speaker Conor
Burns, a British Member of Parliament and friend of the late
Margaret Thatcher. Burns shared details about the special
relationship between Ronald Reagan and the Prime Minister.
These speakers joined a host of others throughout the
week who offered a balanced education on conservative

The Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore (left) and businessman T.
Boone Pickens (right) discuss energy policy during a forum moderated
by Frank Sesno, director of the school of media and public affairs at The
George Washington University.

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann gives a passionate address on the
importance of protecting our great nation.

Senator Mike Lee delivers the opening address at the National
Conservative Student Conference.

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D.C., during her internship with the
Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute.

“Thank You”

As I look ahead to the fall and prepare to return to my studies at University of California – Berkeley, I would like to personally
thank you for giving me the opportunity to attend the National Conservative Student Conference in Washington, D.C.
My family and I fled to America from the former Soviet Union in search of greater opportunities and religious freedom. I
understand the importance of a free market society and the reasons why America has become the greatest nation of all time.
But as President Ronald Reagan once said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”
Even though I have always had strong convictions about speaking up about my views, I was terrified to do it by myself on my
campus. This YAF conference could not have come at a better time. I have been inspired by listening to remarkable speakers,
including Senator Ted Cruz, Dr. Ben Carson, Bay Buchanan, and more. They encouraged me to stand strong and keep fighting
the good fight on my college campus because America depends on strong conservatives of my generation in order to remain the
greatest nation on earth. Now is definitely not the time to give up.
It is no secret that the left’s presence is very strong at UC Berkeley, and I wish all my classmates could attend this
conference. But the next best thing is having me attend, so I can go back to my campus and spread the truth about
conservative ideas.
This past week, my passion for conservative values has been reignited and strengthened. It is because of generous
conservative supporters like you, that we are able to challenge the left on our campuses. Thank you so much.

Catherine Rodriguez, Regnery Publishing President Marji
Ross, and New Jersey Assemblyman Jay Webber, among
others.
In addition to hearing from more than 40 speakers, the
conference participants connected with like-minded friends
from around the country. They returned to their campuses
eager to share the ideas they learned.
“This week has been a life-changing experience because I
have been exposed to conservative arguments and ideas that
are not taught on my college campus,” noted Texas Christian
University student Kathleen D’Urso.

An Interview with
Dr. Burt Folsom
By Jessica Jensen, Editor
Libertas: What sparked your interest in the Conservative
Movement?
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BF: In high school I read Barry Goldwater’s Conscience of a
Conservative, and I was hooked. My parents were inclined to be
conservative, and that helped, but Goldwater, with his book and
his Presidential campaign, captured my imagination.

Today’s young people are rarely introduced to
conservative ideas in their classrooms and on their
campuses. Most will go their entire academic
careers without meeting or hearing from a
conservative professor. While the outlook seems
grim on most campuses, there is a glimmer of
hope among the faculty at several schools.
Over the next few issues of Libertas, Young
America’s Foundation will highlight some of
the country’s top conservative professors. These
are individuals directly reaching today’s young
people with the importance of free enterprise,
individual freedom, and limited government.
Their teachings extend beyond their classrooms:
through their own writings, their involvement
with Young America’s Foundation, media
appearances, and nationwide lectures. They
are steadfast in their beliefs and dedicated
to ensuring today’s young people receive the
education they deserve.
We begin this series with an interview with
Young America’s Foundation’s longest-serving
faculty member: Dr. Burt Folsom, Charles Kline
Professor of History at Hillsdale College.

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Libertas: How did you first become involved in Young
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BF: I was an eager young professor, and Jim Taylor, then the
program director at YAF, called me and asked me to speak
at the YAF summer conference for college students [now the
National Conservative Student Conference]—which had
only been going for two summers. I was delighted at the
chance to reach a national audience of students who were
eager to learn and to build upon Ronald Reagan’s recent
Presidential victory.
Libertas: You have been working with Young America’s
Foundation for more than 33 years. What are some of
the highlights and experiences from the Foundation’s
conferences that stand out in your mind?
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BF: Ideas have consequences, and when you bring students
together [who are] passionate about ideas, great things
can happen. In my first year at the National Conservative

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Student Conference, I was an agnostic, and a Christian girl
at the conference witnessed to me whenever she could. Her
relationship with God was remarkable and touched me. Two
weeks after the conference, with a big assist from my wife, I
converted and have been a strong believer ever since.
The next year, 1982, YAF led off the conference with
a powerful speaker, who spoke firsthand about Soviet
brutality in Afghanistan. The next day, several students at
the conference led a march on the Soviet embassy, and some
were arrested. The results of that freedom of expression
case led to a U.S. Supreme Court decision vindicating the
students.
In 1983, my wife, Anita, wanted to come and see this
exciting student conference for herself. Unfortunately, as a
prank, a leftist pulled a fire alarm late at night in the dorm
where we all were staying. My wife sprained her ankle
leaving the dorm and was carried back to our room in the
arms of a man who wrestled professionally under the name
“Dr. Death.” Anita did recover and enjoyed the speeches, if
not the facilities, that year.

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The Foundation’s longest-serving faculty member, Dr. Folsom inspires young people attending a seminar at the Reagan Ranch Center.

Those were some of the highlights of just my first three
years, and I am glad to have been invited to return for the
next 30 summers after that. During those three decades, I’ve
had the chance through YAF, to hear, and sometimes talk
with, most major leaders in the Conservative Movement.
Libertas: You write about and often speak on liberal
textbook bias. What are some of the worst cases of bias
you have come across?
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BF: Most historians have the notion that entrepreneurs and
free markets create problems; government then comes along
and solves those problems. That’s the textbook boilerplate.
But the facts don’t fit the boilerplate, and that’s where the
bias comes in.
Let’s look at the use of language. In the old Arthur
Schlesinger textbook, The National Experience, for example,
in his chapter on the rise of America to being a world power,
he selects the title, “The Ordeal of Industrialization,” as his
chapter title. Most Americans of the late 1800s saw triumph

through new jobs and opportunities, but to Schlesinger
it was an “ordeal.” However, Schlesinger and most
historians see the 1930s as a wonderful period even though
unemployment was in double digits and the economy was
in depression. Why? Because FDR increased the power of
government over the economy. FDR was, in Schlesinger’s
textbook words, “a real choice.” In the 1880s, President
Grover Cleveland was also a real choice, but Schlesinger
calls him a “stubborn conservative.” Not a principled
conservative, but a “stubborn conservative.”
The use of language is where much bias occurs, but
sometimes historians flat-out misuse evidence. On the
tax cuts of the 1920s, for example, which helped make the
1920s roar, Schlesinger criticizes Treasury Secretary Andrew
Mellon: “It was better, he argued, to place the burden of
taxes on lower-income groups…” But Mellon did no such
thing. In fact, he cut tax rates on lower incomes more than
he did on upper incomes. FDR, by contrast, raised the tax
rates on lower incomes. After Mellon, fewer than five percent
of Americans paid any income tax, but during Roosevelt’s
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years as President, the number of Americans who paid taxes
on their incomes steadily rose to about 65 percent—and
the starting rate was 24 percent. But almost no history text,
except for Dr. Larry Schweikart’s A Patriot’s History of the
United States, tells that story.
Libertas: What advice do you have for students who
come across such bias in their
assigned readings?
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BF: We are in a battle of ideas.
Informed students must be bold
in class when possible, but they
must always be courteous. I don’t
recommend open confrontation
with your teachers. Private
conversations with teachers about
textbook bias have a chance to win
them over.
If you are in class, however,
and your teacher is, say, praising
FDR for his good intentions, you
might gently ask, “I wonder why he
put a lowly tailor in jail for giving
discounts to customers under the
NRA?” Or, if you are daring, you
might ask, “I wonder if FDR’s
income tax increase to almost 80
percent for wealthy entrepreneurs
kept them from investing more?
Do you think that high tax might
have helped keep unemployment
at 20 percent by the end of FDR’s
second term?” Those kinds of
questions reorient the discussion, and
they are not directly offensive to a
liberal teacher.
Libertas: Young America’s
Foundation published your book,
Dr. Burt Folsom is the
The Myth of the Robber Barons,
author of New Deal or
which highlights the role of key
Raw Deal and The Myth
entrepreneurs in the economic
of the Robber Barons.
growth of our nation from 1850 to
1910. What can today’s students learn from these early,
successful entrepreneurs?
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BF: The big lesson from The Myth of the Robber Barons is
that freedom works, and that government intervention,
while well intentioned, usually fails and retards economic
and social progress.

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In the late 1800s, the U.S. became the major economic
power in the world, and that happened because we freed
up entrepreneurs to invent and succeed in steel, oil, and
railroads. Our most successful men—Vanderbilt, Hill, and
Rockefeller—had few advantages in life, but they did have
the freedom to try and the chance to succeed. The story
of Rockefeller, a strong Christian from a broken family, is
especially inspiring. Students,
and adults, too will come up to
me and tell me how much they
liked learning the Rockefeller
story.
Libertas: You teach at Hillsdale
College—an institution known
for passing on the importance of
limited government, traditional
values, and free enterprise.
What advice do you have for the
majority of today’s young people
who are attending colleges and
universities where they might
go four years without hearing
from a conservative speaker or
professor? How can they best
defend conservative ideas?
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BF: Use the abundant resources
now available and do so
creatively. When I was a college
student, conservatives and
libertarians had no Heritage
Foundation, no CATO Institute,
no Rush Limbaugh, no Fox
News, and no Internet. We
could read National Review or
go to a summer conference at
the Foundation for Economic
Education. That was about it.
Young America’s Foundation
emerged to give students another
way to learn the conservative
ideas that were absent in their
classrooms.
Today, however, conservative ideas are much more
mainstream, and we have many ways to learn and to
popularize our ideas. We need to win the popular culture
battles through social media and elsewhere. I am optimistic.
This is our moment, and students have more resources
at their disposal to advance conservative ideas than any
generation before them.

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Dr. Folsom meets with students Katie McNiel and Galen-Marie Crittenden-Armstrong during the 2010 High School Conference at the Reagan Ranch.

Libertas: Young America’s Foundation has launched our
Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise (see page
35). Why do you believe it is important to popularize free
enterprise among today’s young people? What are the
challenges of doing so?
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BF: What Young America’s Foundation is doing with its
Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise is crucial.
If young people today don’t buy into the idea that free
enterprise works, then the American experiment with
individual liberty is over. This is a battle for the hearts and
minds of students and young adults, and YAF wants to play
to win.
In my teaching at Hillsdale College, I can see in my classes
a deeper sense of purpose in my students since 2008. YAF
believes, and I agree, that right now is the time we must win
the battle of ideas to preserve the freedom our country has
enjoyed for more than 200 years.

Libertas: What do you think is the best way to convey the
importance of free enterprise to the next generation?
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BF: Tell students the truth, and let’s do so by telling them
effective stories. That’s what I tried to do in The Myth of
the Robber Barons and New Deal or Raw Deal? Stories can
penetrate our inner being and resonate with our hearts.
Students don’t want to hear our talking points or our
point-of-view, but they do want to learn what happened
in history, and who showed what kind of character under
pressure.
We are wired to learn through storytelling. Much of the
history of the United States is the story of entrepreneurs
using freedom to create products—from air conditioning
to iPhones—that have improved the quality of our lives.
Poor people become richer people through freedom, not
socialism. Let’s use the best examples we can find to tell that
story.
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Learn the truth about our
nation’s great entrepreneurs
Read how private enterprise beats out
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economic growth of the United States from 1850 to 1910. This breakthrough book
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superiority of those who do not depend on government subsidies. It concludes by
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“Revises in important ways many
misperceptions that historians have imposed
upon the record.”
— Forrest McDonald

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and informative business history ever written.”
— Lawrence Reed, President, Foundation
for Economic Education

“Provocative and cogent…”
— Journal of American History

“This book is the perfect supplement to most
standard economic and business history
textbooks…”
— Dr. Larry Schweikart, Best-Selling Author

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— Dan Henninger, Wall Street Journal

Dr. Burt Folsom is a popular speaker at Young America’s
Foundation programs nationwide. He is available to
speak at your event or on your campus as part of our Free
Enterprise Lecture Series. Please call Patrick Coyle at
800-USA-1776 or visit www.yaf.org for more information.

Millennials Rapidly Falling
Off Obamacare Bandwagon
By Ashley Pratte, Program Officer, Public Relations

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involvement is crucial to Obamacare’s success. During
ince its launch on October 1, there have been
the “Youth Summit,” the President even encouraged
many failures with the Obamacare rollout,
bartenders to host a happy hour to get young people
especially when it comes to the website, Heathcare.
signed up in the exchanges.
gov. However, perhaps of most concern to the White
The White House has known what the mainstream
House is the declining support among young people
media is finally starting to
for the President’s signature
report: without enrollment
legislation.
Given the fact that young people
from at least 30% of healthy,
According to YAF’s
young people, all those that
latest poll, only 18 percent
were among the President’s most avid
signed up in the exchange
of millennials are likely to
fans, their waning support is more
will see extremely high
sign up for Obamacare. A
deductibles. Obamacare
Harvard study also reported
than just a problem for the White
needs young people.
that only 13 percent of 18 to
House—it is also an opening for
Given the fact that young
29-year-olds are opting to
conservatives to advance our ideas.
people were among the
enroll in Obamacare.
President’s most avid fans,
In a desperate attempt
their waning support is more
to regain youth support,
than just a problem for the White House—it is also an
the White House scheduled a variety of events
opening for conservatives to advance our ideas.
targeting this important demographic and even held
The aforementioned polls show that young people
a “Youth Summit.” These events aimed to encourage
are becoming more and more disenchanted with
young people to sign up and promote governmentthe Obama administration and its policies. This
run healthcare, since the administration knows their
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young people are not going to be attracted to a website
that doesn’t work. And, unfortunately for the President,
navigating Heathcare.gov has been far more difficult
and much less secure than “shop[ping] for a plane
ticket on Kayak or a TV on Amazon.”
The real issue, however, is many young people feel
let down by President Obama and his administration.
Obamacare has been full of nothing but broken
promises. Healthcare is not free under the exchange,
and there is no incentive for young, healthy people
to enroll. The costs are too high and plans include
coverage most young people don’t need or want.
This White House should take a long, hard look
at the polls and realize that millennials are informed,
distrusting of big government, and not buying what
they are selling. And conservatives should use this
as an opportunity to provide the market-based and
limited government solutions today’s young people are
looking for.
Young America’s Foundation created this image, playing off of an
official White House photo promoting Obamacare, to ensure young
people don’t fall for the President’s lies about his signature legislation.

disenchantment also seems to be leading to a distrust
of government, as well as government programs,
among millennials.
In a recent survey launched by Young America’s
Foundation and conducted by the polling company,
Inc., more than 60 percent of college-age students feel
that government should not take an active role in their
day-to-day-lives, and half of respondents believe that
the federal government is mostly hurting economic
recovery. Today’s young people are experiencing, firsthand, the failures of socialist policies, and they are
eager for pro-freedom, limited government solutions.
The White House and Obamacare architects claim
that young people aren’t enrolling in the exchange
because it has lacked a strong public relations
campaign. This claim couldn’t be further from the
truth. Obamacare has been one of the most publicized
programs and has earned an abundance of free media.
Young people are not signing up for Obamacare
because they don’t want it—not because they don’t
know about it. Today’s youth have been saturated with
information on Obamacare for more than three years,
but that seems to have little effect on their support for
the government program today.
Millennials are tech savvy and enjoy surfing websites
that are convenient and accessible. Ever since its launch,
Heathcare.gov has been a failure. No matter what kind
of public relations campaign the White House runs,
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This Young America’s Foundation infographic tells the disastrous truth
about Obamacare.

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H igh S ch o o l C o n f e r e nc e at th e R e agan Ranch

Tancredo,
McClintock, Phillips,
Pavlich, and Shapiro
Reach High School
Students at the
Reagan Ranch

High school students from around the country walk in
Ronald Reagan’s footsteps at Rancho del Cielo.

By Katie Taran, Conference Director

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ore than 200 attendees gathered at the
Reagan Ranch Center for the summer
2013 High School Conference and Reagan
Ranch Roundtable at the Reagan Ranch.
Participants included students from 15 states
and 58 schools who came to learn more about conservative
ideas and walk in the footsteps of Ronald Reagan at his
beloved Rancho del Cielo.
The conference—made possible with support from
an anonymous lead sponsor—began with a reception on
the Mr. and Mrs. Alwal Anheuser Beims Moore Rooftop
Terrace, immediately followed by an opening dinner
banquet in the David Louis Bartlett Outreach Center.
Congressman Tom Tancredo headlined the dinner and
urged the young audience to appreciate how blessed we

Congressman Tom Tancredo urges the audience
to understand the importance of protecting the
U.S. Constitution and American values.

Actor and author Joseph Phillips discusses political
correctness and how to best communicate minority issues.

are to be Americans. Congressman Tancredo said every
high school student in America should be able “to articulate
an understanding of and appreciation for American
exceptionalism and the U.S. Constitution.”
Following the dinner banquet, students enjoyed a “bull
session,” also led by Congressman Tancredo, where they
discussed a number of pressing topics and shared activism ideas.

Columnist Ben Shapiro teaches the high school
students how to successfully debate liberals.

On Friday morning, students heard from Foundation
President Ron Robinson; actor, author, and small business
owner Joseph Phillips; and bestselling author and
YAF alumna Katie Pavlich. Friday’s luncheon featured
Breitbart.com editor Ben Shapiro who engaged the students
with ten rules for arguing with a liberal. That afternoon the
students heard from Hillsdale professor of history, author,

and popular Foundation speaker Dr. Burt Folsom and
author and founder of the Politically Incorrect Institute Dr.
Jake Jacobs.
The second evening featured a stirring address by
Congressman Tom McClintock to an audience of students,
parents, and Foundation supporters. With the rampant
corruption occurring in the Obama administration,

Foundation President Ron Robinson offers
insights on the basic tenets of conservatism and
free enterprise.

Congressman McClintock said the next few months could be
a turning point for our country.
“If you look at the broad span of American history, nine
generations have passed since our founding,” the congressman
noted. “But, only two of these generations literally held the
balance of freedom in their hands: the Founding generation
and Lincoln’s generation. I believe that the generation here

Young leaders from around the country meet like-minded friends at the High School Conference at the Reagan Ranch.

today will be the third generation to literally hold the future of
American liberty and freedom in their hands.”
The evening concluded with a screening of the
Foundation’s short film, Still Point in a Turning World:
Ronald Reagan and His Ranch.
The final day of the conference began with a memorable
trip to the Reagan Ranch, where the students toured the
adobe ranch house, tack barn, Secret Service Command
Post, and recently restored hay barn.
Following the tour, the group participated in a special
Freedom Lake dedication ceremony at the Ranch. It was
particularly special for conference attendee Ray Kearin,
who watched proudly as his grandparents, Ray and Susie
Screbant, were recognized for their generous gift to Young
America’s Foundation to sponsor Freedom Lake.
The program continued with a panel of conservative
college leaders making the case for their respective schools.
Moderated by Foundation Program Officer Hillary Cherry,
the panel featured Bracy Bersnak of Christendom College;
Dr. Paul Bonicelli of Regent University; Dr. Jim Carr of
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Harding University; and Dr. Jerry Davis of The College of
the Ozarks. The luncheon was followed by some one-on-one
time with the panelists and a screening of the Foundation’s
film, The Conservatives.
Foundation Vice President Patrick Coyle concluded
the conference with a presentation on how students could
advance conservative ideas at their schools, which the
students left excited and eager to do.
“This conference has made me more confident of my
conservative views and has inspired me to spread these
ideas,” remarked Kelly Kaufman of Burbank, California.
Rosa Volpe of Leonia, New Jersey, noted, “I came
to this conference unaware of what the Conservative
Movement really stood for. Now, after attending my first
YAF conference, I realize that the Movement’s main tenet is
freedom. Thanks to this conference, I will continue to fight
for freedom for the rest of my life.”
Young America’s Foundation especially thanks David and
Carol Van Andel for sponsoring a select group of students to
attend this program.

oung America’s Foundation welcomed students
from around the country to the Reagan Ranch
Center for two Road to Freedom seminars in
2013. The participants gathered in Santa Barbara
in the summer and fall to learn about President
Reagan’s economic policies and the economists who most
influenced him. They also learned concrete strategies to
advance free enterprise among their peers.
The seminars, part of the Foundation’s Center for
Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise (see sidebar on page
35), featured top economists, journalists, and professors from
around the country.
Lanny Ebenstein, author of Friedrich Hayek: A Biography,
addressed both programs with an intriguing speech on the
philosophical roots of Reagan’s fiscal policies.
Ying Ma, Foundation alumna and author of Chinese Girl
in the Ghetto, also inspired the audiences at each seminar with
a captivating speech comparing the foreign and tax policies of
the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Obama administrations.
Patrick Linstrom, president and CEO of Linstrom
Corporation, discussed how markets function and engaged
the students in a lively presentation on how free markets work.
During the summer Road to Freedom seminar, Stephen
Moore, senior economics writer for the Wall Street Journal,
offered his thoughts on how Reaganomics changed the
world. “Getting rich is a virtuous thing and not a vice,”
Moore clarified for a student when asked how to defend free
enterprise.
Larry Reed, president of the Foundation for Economic
Education and YAF alumnus, focused on seven key principles
of sound public policy. “Free people are not equal, and equal
people are not free,” Reed said when discussing economic
equality.

Seminar participants enjoy a rooftop reception during the program at the Reagan
Ranch Center.

Stephan Pitts from Mississippi College, enjoys the weekend-long program at the
Reagan Ranch Center.

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Ken Malloy, adjunct professor at Randolph
Macon College, discussed Milton Friedman’s
work to advance freedom.
In addition to hearing from Ebenstein, Ma,
and Linstrom, attendees at the fall Road to
Freedom Seminar enjoyed remarks from Sally
Pipes, president & CEO of Pacific Research
Institute. Pipes discussed the disastrous
consequences of Obamacare and offered her
plan for a market-based alternative.
Documentary film director Ann
McElhinney exposed the hypocrisy of the
radical environmentalist agenda and showed
examples through clips of her new film,
FrackNation.
George Harbison, CFO of I Drive Safely,
explained the complex nature of current
United States tax policy and contrasted it with
the effectiveness of President Reagan’s tax
strategy. He also debunked the “Buffet Rule.”
The young attendees also heard from Cleta
Mitchell, activist and attorney at Foley &
Lardner LLP, as part of the Wendy P. McCaw
Reagan Ranch Roundtable Series (see page
seven).
A highlight of both seminars was the
groups’ visits to Ronald Reagan’s Rancho del
Cielo, where they gained a greater appreciation
for President Reagan and the values he
espoused.
Both programs concluded with a
screening of the Foundation’s short film, The
Conservatives, and a talk from Foundation
Vice President Patrick Coyle on how to spread
conservative ideas on campus.
Alexis Allen of Hillsdale College reflected
on her experience at the Road to Freedom
Seminar: “This program allows young
conservatives, like myself, to learn more about
liberty, freedom, and conservative values and
enables us to go out and spread these almost
forgotten values.”
Samantha Jackson from Saginaw Valley
State University echoed those sentiments:
The exposure to free market economics and
ideas that YAF has provided me though this
seminar has had a substantial impact on me.
I appreciated hearing the various speakers and
interacting with active, intelligent, and humble
students from across the country….I feel
much better equipped to engage in effective
conversations about policy and economics, and I
am energized to initiate conservations about these
vital topics with my family, friends, and peers.

The Center for
Entrepreneurship and
Free Enterprise
Young America’s Foundation’s Center
for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise
is a bold effort to popularize these ideas
among young people. Polls routinely
suggest that young people are buying
into leftist schemes of redistribution, the
welfare state, and subsidies. Building on
our more than 50 years of experience,
the Center for Entrepreneurship and
Free Enterprise includes some of
the most time-tested and impactful
strategies for educating young people.
Lectures, seminars, reading materials,
and activism initiatives targeting college
students, including those in business
school, will teach about the importance
of freedom and an entrepreneurial spirit
in this country.

YAF Activist Hones Her
Journalism Skills at the
Washington Examiner
and Fox News
By Anna Giaritelli, National Journalism Center Alumna

At 20 years old, Gabriella Morrongiello is quickly
making a name for herself in the media. The Young America’s
Foundation student activist and National Journalism Center
alumna recently concluded an internship at Fox News’s
Special Report with Bret Baier and has made strides as a young
conservative in Washington, D.C.
At Fox News, Morrongiello is responsible for filing original
reporting content on the blog and news site, transcribing
video footage for editing, and compiling packets for the
program’s panelists and regular correspondents.

What surprised her the most about the broadcast
internship is the amount of work that goes into a one-hour
show. The job entails sorting through countless emails for
news tips and comical kickers to place in-between longer
segments.
The California native first visited the nation’s Capitol two
years ago to attend Young America’s Foundation’s National
Conservative Student Conference.

“At the Examiner, I saw the time and
effort that esteemed columnists,
including Byron York and [NJC
alumnus] Tim Carney, put into
each of their pieces, and I realized
that having the general population
actually seek your opinion and
rely on it to make conclusions of
their own is one of the greatest
achievements one can make as a
writer,” noted Morrongiello.
Morrongiello participates in a question-and-answer session at the NJC office in
the National Press Building.

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Morrongiello (front row, third from left), joins young people from around the country for the National Journalism Center’s 12-week internship program in
Washington, D.C.

“I had never been to D.C., but I wouldn’t be where I am
today if I hadn’t been to that conference. The people [there]
propelled me forward as a young aspiring journalist, and I am
forever indebted to them,” Morrongiello noted.
It was at that conference, among passionate young
conservatives, that Morrongiello realized her vocational desire
was to inform the public through a career in media. She
returned to her campus at Oregon State University (OSU)
with motivation to voice beliefs that were rarely mentioned by
professors and classmates.
Morrongiello quickly stepped up on her liberal campus as the
founding Young Americans for Freedom chapter chairwoman,
determined to rally together other like-minded students.

“Students aren’t getting stories from both sides; it’s been
detrimental to our generation,” she explained.
During her freshman year, Morrongiello recalled being
given seven textbooks for her introduction to political science
class. The literature covered bizarre and leftist topics including
why America needs a single-payer system and “crashing the
Tea Party.”
Unhappy with the lack of diversity in higher education,
Morrongiello confronted her professor, and eventually the
administration, about her dissatisfaction with the curriculum.
Coincidentally, the professor went on sabbatical the following
semester, and Morrongiello never heard back from the
administration on the issue.
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P r o f i l e

Eager to jumpstart her career in journalism and reach more
people with the facts, Morrongiello applied to and was accepted
into Young America’s Foundation’s National Journalism Center
(NJC) in Washington, D.C. Over the course of the 12-week
program, the young writer learned valuable skills through NJC’s
weekly speakers and her internship at the commentary desk at
the Washington Examiner.
“At the Examiner, I saw the time and effort that esteemed
columnists, including Byron York and [NJC alumnus] Tim
Carney, put into each of their pieces, and I realized that having
the general population actually seek your opinion and rely
on it to make conclusions of their own is one of the greatest
achievements one can make as a writer,” noted Morrongiello.
“It gives me something incredible to work toward and
something to look forward to.”
Morrongiello was inspired by the writers she met during her
internship, saying they motivated her to become a well-rounded
reporter. The best advice she took away from Tim Carney was
that writing a column is important, even if you only inform the
reader of one new fact that had not previously been known.
Following her NJC internship, Morrongiello transferred
to The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.,
where she is pursuing a double major in political science and
journalism.

Morrongiello (center) distributes the Foundation’s materials to her peers to
ensure they understand the importance of freedom.

In her internship at Fox News, Morrongiello pursued
stories relating to immigration reform, an issue which she
is most passionate about. She says she is considering getting
her master’s in immigration law in order to learn more
about why people immigrate to the U.S., what can be done
to reform the law, and how the issue impacts other aspects
of our government.
Regardless of where her career path takes her, this YAF
and NJC alumna has already proven she has the drive and
motivation to make a difference as a reporter and activist.

Morrongiello—along with fellow YAF activists (from left) Stephan Pitts, John DiGiacobbe, and Langston Bowens—brief Young America’s Foundation’s supporters
on their uphill battles to advance conservative ideas at their schools.

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supporting Young
America’s
Foundation’s
mission to reach increasing
numbers of young people with
the ideas of individual freedom,
a strong national defense, free
enterprise, and traditional values. We
hope you’ll join us on this enlightening
and enjoyable voyage.

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